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Counsellors of the Municipality of Elton

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Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1912

Accession Number: 5-2007

1 image

Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 5

Item Number: BAPC 5.6

Accession Number: 5-2007

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: 7.5" x 9.5" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting

Physical Condition: Two small tears along the edge and one scratch in upper right corner. Matting is stained and discoloured.

Custodial History: The records in the Norma Laird collection passed from Irene Clarke to her daughter Norma, who donated them to the McKee Archives on January 15, 2007.

Scope and Content: Portrait of the cousellors of the Municipality of Elton.

Notes: This photograph was originally part of the Norma Laird collection.

Name Access: Alex Robertson; Charlie McDougal; W. Davidson; J.A. Allan; R.J. Black; Jim Rourke; W.J. Cundy; Rob Reid; Municipality of Elton

Subject Access: political figures; elected officials; portraits

Storage Location: BAPC oversize storage drawer

Related Material: Norma Laird collection (5-2007)

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County Council of the County of Brandon

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Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1882

Accession Number: 1-2000

1 image

Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator: Photographer: Jerrett's

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 5

Item Number: BAPC 5.9

Accession Number: 1-2000

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1882

Physical Description: 4.5" x 6.5" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting

Custodial History: Donated to the McKee Archives by the Souris Museum in 2000.

Scope and Content: Portrait of the County Council of the County of Brandon. Back Row: Reeve Pettit of Daly Municipality, Reeve Clegg of Elton Municipality, Reeve Whitehead of Cornwallis Municipality. Front Row: Reeve Steele of Glenwood Municipality, W.A. MacDonald, County Solicitor (Justice Supreme Court of British Columbia); Reeve Hannah of Whitehead Municipality, J. Weatherall, County Clerk, J.H. Brownlee, County Engineer

Name Access: W.A. MacDonald; J. Weatherall; J.H. Brownlee; Daly Municipality; Elton Municipality; Cornwallis Municipality; Glenwood Municipality; Whitehead Municipality

Subject Access: political figures; elected officials; portraits

Storage Location: BAPC photograph drawer

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J.D. McGregor, Lt. Governor

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Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1934]

Accession Number: 4-1998

1 image

Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator: Photographer: Foote and James Photographers, Winnipeg

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 5

Item Number: BAPC 5.5

Accession Number: 4-1998

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [between 1930 and 1934]

Physical Description: 10.5" x 13" (b/w)

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a reception of the King and Queen of Siam at the Winnipeg Railway Station by Manitoba dignitaries. L to R: Major M.Turner, Hon. J.D. McGregor, Premier John Bracken (1922-1943), Their Majesties the King and Queen of Siam, Miss Phyllis Webb, and Mayor Ralph Webb (1925-1927, 1930-1934).

Notes: This photograph was originally part of the J.D. McGregor fonds.

Name Access: Major M. Turner; J.D. McGregor; John Bracken; King of Siam; Queen of Siam; Phyllis Webb; Ralph Webb

Subject Access: political figures; elected officials; railway stations; royal visits

Storage Location: BAPC oversize storage drawer

Related Material: James Duncan McGregor fonds (4-1998)

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The Railway foreman's children

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Part Of: Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: June 1911

Accession Number: 3-2014

1 image

Part Of: Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 5

Item Number: BAPC 5.10

Accession Number: 3-2014

GMD: graphic

Date Range: June 1911

Physical Description: 3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details: Postcard

Physical Condition: Excellent

History / Biographical: Alfred Walter Pryce was born in England c. 1880. He emigrated from England in 1903 and was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway, likely in Manitoba. His wife, Kate Louisa Buchan, was older than her husband. She was born in England c. 1873. They were married in England? and she followed her husband to Canada in 1904. Alma Jane Pryce was born June 24, 1905 and Herbert Walter Pryce was born May 12, 1907 in [Elton] Manitoba. In autumn 1911, the Pryce family returned to England for a Christmas visit. They sailed from Halifax on the Empress of Britain and arrived in Liverpool on December 9, 1911. The family returned to Canada on the Empress of Ireland from Liverpool in early 1912, landing at St. John, New Brunswick. Alfred Walter Pryce died in Brandon, MB on January 31, 1922. Kate Pryce died in Winnipeg, MB on March 18, 1938.

Custodial History: Donated to the McKee Archives by Jennifer L. Bunting in November 2013.

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Alma and Herbert Pryce, The Railway Foreman's children, taken June 1911 in Kenora, ON. Writing on the back reads: To Granfather with Love from Herbert and Alma. Alma Jane Pryce Age 6 years. Herbert Walter Pryce Age 3 years 5 months. Keonra, Ont. Canada. June 1911.